Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a take on “the modern reality” of book dealing
14 April 2019Read what was said around the art and antiques trade this week including thoughts on rare book dealing, fair schedules and a detectorist finding gold.
Artists inspired by Modern British tradition and the imagination feature in two London shows
13 April 2019A group of 32 works by contemporary painter Nicholas Turner exploring themes of memory and time go on show at Chelsea gallery Jonathan Cooper next month.
ILAB and ABAA launch book provenance symposium in New York
12 April 2019As provenance requirements for the material institutions buy becomes increasingly strict, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) has launched a symposium in New York.
Actor, writer and rare book collector Stephen Fry reveals he will open ABA’s rare book fair Firsts
11 April 2019Actor and writer Stephen Fry will open Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, the annual event from the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA).
Dealer sells last William Powell Frith panorama but it will now go on public view
08 April 2019The last panoramic painting by William Powell Frith (1819-1909) in private hands has been sold – but will not vanish from the public eye just yet.
We’re back: Skeleton of rediscovered dinosaur species exhibited in Heathrow Airport before going up for auction in France
08 April 2019A 155m-year-old one-of-a-kind diplodocus skeleton has been moved from the shale beds of Wyoming to Heathrow Terminal Five, a stopover on its way to auction in France.
The web shop window: a late 19th century Villeroy & Boch tile from Germany
08 April 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Rare JMW Turner mezzotints on display at London fair
08 April 2019Four prints hand-engraved by JMW Turner (1775-1851) for a rare and enigmatic series of landscapes feature at the next London Original Print Fair (LOPF) later this month.
Room for manoeuvre at Battersea Decorative
08 April 2019A French Art Nouveau mahogany drop-front writing bureau, c.1925, is among the objects featured in a special exhibition at the spring edition of the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.
5 Questions: Caryl Tincknell of Violet Grey Decorative Gardens
08 April 2019Caryl Tincknell of Violet Grey Decorative Gardens specialises in antique garden furniture and vintage garden antiques. She is among the exhibitors at the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (April 9-14) in Battersea.
Batstone moves to Bourne Street
08 April 2019Hilary Batstone Antiques has recently moved into new premises after 22 years on west London’s Holbein Place.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including market advice on dinosaur bones
07 April 2019Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about disagreements, delays and dinosaurs.
Clarion changes Olympia dates and strategy
06 April 2019The organiser of The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia has revamped its look, dates and marketing strategy for this year’s summer edition in a move to distinguish it from the simultaneous Conde Nast House & Garden Festival.
Medieval marriage contract that launched a queen’s bid for power tops Bonhams’ book auction
05 April 2019A medieval marriage contract representing Isabella of France’s political machinations was knocked down for £120,000 at Bonhams last week.
Bauhaus female New Vision photographer remembered in London selling show
03 April 2019The term ‘Bauhaus’ might bring visions of large white buildings or brightly coloured paintings to mind, but The New Vision artists such as Florence Henri (1893-1982) applied its principles to photography.
Tech tackles rising fraud and money laundering in dealers’ market
03 April 2019New technology designed to offer dealers a more secure way to accept payment aims to combat issues such as fraud, money laundering and other cybercrime facing the market.
Henry Moore the early influencer in Mayfair exhibition
01 April 2019Mayfair exhibition reveals the sculptor and painter’s huge impact on artists.
Arms fair roll call shows dealers are out in force
01 April 2019Historic military specialist Michael D Long offers this Victorian Royal Artillery officer’s sabretache and pouch for £785 at the London Antique Arms Fair.
5 Questions with Martin Lister of InVogue Antiques
01 April 2019Martin Lister of InVogue Antiques and Interiors specialises in furniture, collectors’ items and decorative pieces. He exhibits at The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair at Westonbirt.
The web shop window - Victorian chair from Wick Antiques
01 April 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.